Printing device, printer, and box making machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12246507-B2
Application number	US-202118037023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2021
Priority date	Nov 16, 2020
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

A printing device, a printing machine, and a box making machine are provided with printing cylinders on which printing plates can be mounted, ink supply rolls that are placed on the upstream or downstream sides of the printing cylinders in a sheet-conveying direction and that can be in contact with the printing cylinders, ink supply units that can supply ink to the ink supply rolls, first covers that cover the upper parts of the printing cylinders in the vertical direction and that can be opened and closed, and footholds that cover the vertically upper parts of the ink supply rolls and that can be operated by an operator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A printing device comprising:
a printing cylinder on which a printing plate is mountable;
an ink supply roll that is disposed on an upstream side or a downstream side of the printing cylinder in a sheet transfer direction and is contactable with the printing cylinder;
an ink supply section that is configured to supply ink to the ink supply roll;
a first cover that covers an upper side of the printing cylinder in a vertical direction and is openable and closable; and
a foothold that covers an upper side of the ink supply roll in the vertical direction and on which an operator is able to perform work.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the foothold is provided with a work opening for the printing cylinder above the printing cylinder in the vertical direction, and the first cover is configured to open and close the work opening for the printing cylinder.

3. The printing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the foothold and the first cover are provided with a reinforcing portion on which the operator is able to walk.

4. The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a housing that covers the upper side of the printing cylinder in the vertical direction and the upstream side and the downstream side in the sheet transfer direction is disposed, a work opening for the printing cylinder is provided in an upper portion of the housing, and the first cover is configured to open and close the work opening for the printing cylinder.

5. The printing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the upper portion of the housing and the first cover are provided with a reinforcing portion on which the operator is able to walk.

6. The printing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first cover is disposed on an upper side of the foothold in the vertical direction.

7. The printing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the printing cylinder is supported to be movable between a printing position at which the printing cylinder contacts with the ink supply roll and a work position at which the printing cylinder moves up from the printing position and work is enabled from the work opening for the printing cylinder.

8. The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a staircase on which the operator is able to move up and down is disposed on the foothold, and a printing plate storage place on which the operator is able to take in and out the printing plate from the foothold is disposed.

9. The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first cover is openable and closable from at least any one of the upstream side and the downstream side in the sheet transfer direction.

10. The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a locking mechanism that prevents the first cover from being opened while the printing cylinder is in operation is provided.

11. The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the ink supply section is disposed below the foothold, and
the foothold is provided with a work opening for the ink supply section that is provided above the ink supply section in the vertical direction and a second cover that is configured to open and close the work opening for the ink supply section.

12. The printing device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the ink supply section is supported to be movable between a printing position at which the ink supply section contacts with the ink supply roll and a work position at which work is enabled from the work opening for the ink supply section.

13. A printer in which a plurality of the printing devices according claim 1 are disposed at predetermined intervals in the sheet transfer direction, and the foothold is disposed above the plurality of printing devices.

14. A box making machine comprising:
a feeding section that supplies a sheet;
a printing section that performs printing on the sheet;
a slotter creaser section that performs end portion cutting processing, creasing line processing, and grooving processing on the sheet;
a folding section that folds the sheet and joins end portions to form a box body; and
a counter-ejector section that stacks the box bodies while counting the number of the box bodies, and then ejects the box bodies for each predetermined number,
wherein the printing section includes the printer according to claim 13 .

15. The printing device according to claim 4 , wherein the printing cylinder is supported to be movable between a printing position at which the printing cylinder contacts with the ink supply roll and a work position at which the printing cylinder moves up from the printing position and work is enabled from the work opening for the printing cylinder.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Mach Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Nadachi Mitsuhiro
• Akita Kazuya
• Shimohatsubo Makoto

Classifications

• B41J29/54

  Locking devices applied to printing mechanisms · CPC title

• B41J29/13

  Cases or covers · CPC title

• B41J27/12

  Rollers · CPC title

• B41J3/286

  on boxes · CPC title

• B41J2/17596

  Ink pumps, ink valves · CPC title